Hoarders the Delilah Edition

One of the big reasons I started this blog was for all the crazy, funny things my dogs do that bring a smile to my face or a laugh to my lips.

Sometimes it’s not easy to write a full blog post about it and sometimes I forget to share.

Some posts will be You Make Me Laugh and others will be You Make Me Smile, but they will all be the silly, sweet, funny things Sampson and Delilah do that help make crazy days just a little bit easier.

Feel free to share what your pet does to make you laugh/smile in the comments.

Delilah, when you hoard all the bones and surround yourself with them, you make me smile.

Being a two dog family, we can’t hoard as the other will steal or there would be a fight. I like to guard what I have, though. Nothing wrong with Delilah wanting all the bones. If she can get them, she can have them

My current dogs dont…but i had one gsd that had to have a bone every morning…would herd me into the kitchen until she did, and then hide it in different spots…if she knows you saw it…she would rehide it…once in donnas toy box. And then after dinner when we were having our coffee and cookies…she would go and find her bone and have her “desert”

Callie and Shadow have never been hoarders, and were normally good about sharing their bones, toys, and balls. Then Ducky came along. She doesn’t hoard toys; but she guards the ones she has at a given moment and covers the ones Callie and Shadow have. Callie will just let her take what she wants. Shadow says no way most times and they get into an argument; or some times she will just let Ducky take the toy. Last night we just picked up all the balls and Nylabones and put them away in the coat closet. So far, no arguments between the two this morning. The toys will stay in the closet today, I think.

Elka has two Gumby’s right now, and will sometimes put them together. She also has a big Bad Cuz and a smaller one, and if she knows where one is, she’ll sometimes seek the other. I’m not really sure what her thought process is, but it’s adorable, and definitely makes me smile.

Ours is not a hoarder, but she is very sweet. Loves to come check up on you and get a pet or two when she wakes from her nap, then she goes back to sleep. She doesn’t get up to much mischief, maybe because she is the only dog(?), which is why it is very endearing when she does funny things once in a while.

So Maggie occasionally commandeers both an antler and a bone. She will chew one and put the other close enough that she can chase Hurley off if he tries to steal it. I am convinced that she is, in this moment, reminding Hurley that even though he’s bigger, she’s the boss. He pouts next to her for a while until she feels properly respected (I would guess) and then she walks away leaving him to both. So hoarder? No. Little Brother teaser? Yup.